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CELERY PINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does celery pine mean?
• CELERY PINE (noun)
The noun CELERY PINE has 1 sense:
1. Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves
Familiarity information: CELERY PINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("celery pine" is a kind of...):
conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "celery pine"):
celery-topped pine; celery top pine; Phyllocladus asplenifolius (medium tall celery pine of Tasmania)
Phyllocladus trichomanoides; tanekaha (medium tall celery pine of New Zealand)
Alpine celery pine; Phyllocladus alpinus (small shrubby celery pine of New Zealand)
Holonyms ("celery pine" is a member of...):
genus Phyllocladus; Phyllocladus (celery pine)
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